Advertising golf course



Aug. 15, 1933. J F H WL 1,922,333

ADVERTISING GOLF COURSE Filed Sept. 30, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l fi /0 r Aug. 15, 1933. F. SHAWL 1,922,333

ADVERTISING GOLF COURSE Filed Sept. 30, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 50 0 TH DENT Q T007}! P623751 F9: ,2. i i; 2

7' .5 lxl lwl l l l lmam i7 Patented Aug. 15, 1933 Joseph F. Shawl, oaklanacalir.

5 Application September 30, 1930 Serial No. 485,393

6 Claims (01. era-32W This inventioni'sfor an advertising golf course i and has special reference to a miniature golf course in which themain object is to provide advertising media in every conceivable manner, the

courts beingformed' to simulate devices to be advertised, hazards made informs simulative of such devices or articles, markers and other signs having advertising display thereon.

Another object of theinvention is to provide an advertising golf course with a plurality of courtsfmarkers, hazards and bunkers, making such deviceseither in simulation of articles or devices and in addition thereto inlayingadver tising matter in the courts and painting or print- ,ing same on markers and hazards. Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the following description is read on the drawings constituting a part of this specification.

.{Ihe invention consists primarily of a miniature golf course, having a plurality, preferably twenty-six courts, providing a twenty-six hole golf ards, and advertising display inlaid in courts,

painted or printed on hazards, markers, etc., simulation and advertising display being the predominating features of the course.

The invention is adequately illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of a small section of a golf course as applied to my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a typical hazard; Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the indicating signs to be used;

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. Sis a plan view of the last court in a series; i i

Fig. 6 is a sectional longitudinal elevation of Fig. 5; and l Fig. '7 is an elevation of one of the markers. Similar reference characters are used to indicate similar parts throughout the several views. Referring to Fig. 1, a court 10 shaped like a boot is provided with the boundary range 11 and a hazard 12 simulating a shoe with a hole 13 in the toe into which the ball 15 is to be driven to make the hole 14. The marker 16 is formed in simulation of a shoe and is provided with a letter 1'? for designating the hole 14 serially.

The court 18 simulates a bottle and is provided With bottleslQ setting verticaly as hazards. Advertising display 20 is inlaid in the court.

A different type of court is indicated at 21 not simulative of any particular article or device,

a hazard 22 simulating a tooth paste tube being supplied. Court 23 is simulative of a ring and has pin hazards 24.'

The finalhole of the course is indicated at 25, on a specially constructed court 26 which is indicated in detail in,Figs.5 and6. .The court consists of a substantially level section 26, which is restricted at the hole 25 and having a dip to cause a ball to normally enter the hole 25. The court beyond the hole 25 is inclined upward as l at 2'7 and is provided with a series of holes 28 with indicating marks 29 to coincide with the different court indicators. Pipes 30 communicating with the holes 28 provide outlets into a series of receptacles 31 similarly indicated, so that putting a ball in this court provides a chance of the ball dropping into one of the holes 28 passing through the pipe 30 into the corresponding receptacle 31 which will indicate a prize to be given to the player. Should the ball notylodge into any of the holes 28, it will drop into hole 25, and no prize will be given.

Fig. 4 indicates a fragmentary portion of court 21, the hazard 22 being disposed thereon as indicated in section in Fig. l.

The locating indicator.32 is provided with pointers 33 to indicate the direction to the respective courts indicated at 34 and 35, and is also provided with advertising display 36 and. mounted on standards 37.

The hole markers 16 are provided with indicating marker 1'? and are also provided with advertising display 38 and setadjacent the respective courts. c

It will be noted that variations in construc' tion and arrangement of the constituent parts of the course may be resorted to, which are consistent with the appended claims, without detracting from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

I claim:-- I

l. A game comprising a floor, the forward portion of which is' horizontal and terminates in a depression at therearward end, the rearward portion of said floor starting at the bottom of said depression and continuing diagonally upward, vertical walls encompassing said floor and 2. An advertising golf course having a final hole, court, the final hole being located in arestricted, depressed portion of said court, an upwardly inclined portion beyond said depressed portion having a series of irregularly spaced holes, a similar number of pockets and communicating means between said holes and said pockets, said final hole and depressed portion forming a trap against the series of holes.

3. A substantially rectangular court having a curb extending thereabout, said court being transversely constricted intermediate the length thereof, the forward end of said court being substantially level, the rearward portion being upwardly inclined from said constricted portion to the "rearward end, a depression formed in the constricted portion, a trap hole formed at the bottom of said depression, a series of irregular s'paced'objective holes formed in the inclined surface of said rearward portion, and individual passages'from said holes.

4. .A substantiallyrectangular court having a curb extending thereabout, said court being transversely constricted intermediate the length thereof, the curb being curved throughout the constricted portion, said court being substantially level from the forward end to the constricted portion, a depression formed in the constricted portion, the rearward portion being formed with upward inclination from said depression, a trap hole formed in said constricted portion, a series of objective holes, irregularly spaced, formed in the inclined surface of said rearward portion, and a series of pockets individually communicating with the individual holes.

5. A substantially rectangular court having a curb extending thereabout, said court being transversely constricted intermediate the length thereof, the forward end of said court being substantially level, a depression formed in the constricted portion, the rearward portion being upwardly inclined from said depression, a trap hole formed in the bottom of said depression, a series of irregularly spaced objective holes formed-in the inclined surface of said rearward portion, in-

dividual passages for said holes, individual pockets for said individual passages.

63. A final hole court provided with a depression and a constrictionadjacent the final hole, a

plurality of holes in an inclined surface beyond for said holes, said final hole, said depression, and

said constricted portion collectively forming a I trap for a ball.

. JOSEPH F. SHAWL.- 

